Visitation: Friends may call on Saturday, from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM at Collins Funeral Home, 92 East Avenue Norwalk, CT. Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:00 AM in St. Jerome Church, 23 Half Mile Road, Norwalk, CT. Burial: Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery, Darien, CT.

Fortunata D. Annunziato

August 20, 1911 - June 5, 2013

Fortunata (Freda) Annunziato, 101, of Norwalk, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Norwalk Hospital. She was pre-deceased by her husband of 72 years, Louis (Manley) Annunziato and her two daughters, Rosemary Sessa and Consiglia (Connie) Molcan.

Born August 20, 1911 in Harrison, NY, she was the daughter of the late Michael DeLucia, Sr. and the late Rose Abrezzio DeLucia. She was a loving homemaker and served as an avid volunteer at both St. Joseph Hospital in Stamford and Norwalk Hospital. All that knew her marveled at her many stories of the Great Depression and how all that lived thru it learned to do with little and be happy all the same.

Mrs. Annunziato is survived by six grandchildren, Joseph Molcan, Jr., David Molcan and his wife Kelly, Robert Molcan and his wife Kim, Frank Sessa, Jr. and his wife Karla, Lucia Smith and her husband Rod, and Luke Sessa and his wife Sherida. She is also survived by 13 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She is pre-deceased by three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call on Saturday, from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM at Collins Funeral Home, 92 East Avenue, Norwalk. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:00 AM in St. Jerome Church, 23 Half Mile Road, Norwalk. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery, Darien.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions, in her name, be made to the Hospice of your choice.

Dear Aunt Freda,

No words can begin to explain how much you have meant to me and my family. You were the rock, the pillar that we all loved and adored. I will miss all of your wonderful stories, your advice and your sincere concern for myself and my family. I am so thankful for the years that we had together and will cherish every memory.